Who's Been to the Olympics?


Deuce

Deuce

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Technically, I have . . . . but not really. :lol:

In 1996 me and a bunch of friends rode over to Atlanta and hung out during the Olympics just to be able to say to future generations that we had attended an Olympics. But none of us attended any games. It was cool, but to me it really didn't feel like I thought an Olympics should "feel". There really wasn't the "Olympic Magic" that I expected to feel. Instead, it felt like a big ol' street festival, or tailgating. :lol:

I suppose it felt different inside the actual venues, but to me, just being outside the venues and in the downtown and Olympic Park areas should have felt a little more special than it did. Anyway, I'm glad I went. I got to play in the olympic fountain, and came home with a t-shirt. :lol:
 
Worked for the L.A.O.O.C in 1984 as a parking attendant and then later became an equipment transporter (shortly after I got my drivers license). The person who was supposed to drive the truck to deliver supplies to various venues didn't show up. There was nobody else around that could do it. The person in charge looked at me and said, "I know you are young, but please tell me that you have a license to drive." With a quickness I showed it to him because I had just gotten my license (with my picture on it) in the mail two days earlier. :lol: He asked, "Do you know your way around the area?" I'm like, "Of course". He said, "Congrats...the job is yours".

Was given comps to the final day of the Olympics where I watch Carl Lewis (win his 4th gold medal) with the USA relay team in 4x100. A world record performance at the time.
 



Kenn Rashad said:
Worked for the L.A.O.O.C in 1984 as a parking attendant and then later became an equipment transporter (shortly after I got my drivers license). The person who was supposed to drive the truck to deliver supplies to various venues didn't show up. There was nobody else around that could do it. The person in charge looked at me and said, "I know you are young, but please tell me that you have a license to drive." With a quickness I showed it to him because I had just gotten my license (with my picture on it) in the mail two days earlier. :lol: He asked, "Do you know your way around the area?" I'm like, "Of course". He said, "Congrats...the job is yours".

Was given comps to the final day of the Olympics where I watch Carl Lewis (win his 4th gold medal) with the USA relay team in 4x100. A world record performance at the time.
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Great story, Kenn.

I wonder if its that easy to get a job driving a truck at the Olympics in this post-911 world we live in. :lol:
 
Deuce said:
It was cool, but to me it really didn't feel like I thought an Olympics should "feel". There really wasn't the "Olympic Magic" that I expected to feel.:
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That's not the impression I got at all. The Olympics and the period leading up to them were VERY exciting in Atl. Downtown was packed. Marta was packed. All kind of events. Olympic Park had all kinds of things going on (before and after the bomb) Venues all over town. Downtown, AUC, and Tech area. I got to see the torch, the marathon, basketball, field hockey at CAU, weightlifting. Every day, for lunch, me and some co-workers walked to something different. After work, we hung out downtown. Of course, tickets to the main events (opening and closing ceremony and track and field), had been gobbled up. I remember watching Michael Johnson's record performance with bout 500 of my closest friends on a huge screen, set up in a beer garden by the World of Coca Cola.
An electric atmosphere. Hard to believe its been 16 years.
 
mighty hornet said:
That's not the impression I got at all. The Olympics and the period leading up to them were VERY exciting in Atl. Downtown was packed. Marta was packed. All kind of events.
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MH, I'm not doubting that the joint was packed. I was there. There were mofos on top of mofos. I know that. But that in itself doesn't create a "Olympic atmosphere". And I didn't say it wasn't "exciting" - - it just didn't feel "special" or "unique". For instance, I've never been to a Super Bowl, but I suspect it doesn't feel like any other game. The same with a world series.

It also didn't have the international and cultural feeling that one would expect from an Olympics. Just felt like a whole lot of Georgia folks hanging out in downtown Atlanta. :lol:
 
Deuce said:
Just felt like a whole lot of Georgia folks hanging out in downtown Atlanta. :lol:
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Again, that wasn't my experience at all. The Olympics were not just some local event. It was indeed an international event. Heck, most of the locals had been "scared" into getting out of town or at the least, avoiding downtown and the crowds, so the crowds you saw downtown were largely out of town visitors. Heck, a lot of 'em couldn't even speak English.
 
I was suppose to be in the park the night the bomb went off but my ex and I were to tired after working 12 hours and driving over from Augusta. We hung out the next day but the crowds were scattered because the park was closed and underground did not open until late that afternoon. But since it was the Olympics my ex was still satisified that she could tell everyone that we were at the Olympics. Ticketholders were selling gold medal event tickets at face value but I had other plans for that weekend. The people I did see seem to be enjoying themselves even after the tragic event from the previous night.
 
mighty hornet said:
The Olympics were not just some local event. It was indeed an international event.
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Of course it was an international event - it was the Olympics, after all. It just felt like a local event. No international feel whatsoever. :smh:
 
You Bama guys hate for Atl is so sad. I guess if the University of Alabama had it on its campus it would've been the best thing ever.
 
CEE DOG said:
You Bama guys hate for Atl is so sad. I guess if the University of Alabama had it on its campus it would've been the best thing ever.
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What's sad is Altanta people's insecurity.

And if it had been on UA's campus it probably would have been better than that Fulton County Fair yall put on, masquerading as an Olympics. :lol:
 
Deuce said:
What's sad is Altanta people's insecurity.

And if it had been on UA's campus it probably would have been better than that Fulton County Fair yall put on, masquerading as an Olympics. :lol:
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You could add Huntsville, Bham, Moblie and the Gump into one city, and Bama would still never be better than Atl on its worst day. By the way nothing about Bama will never be international. :emlaugh:
 
Deuce said:
Of course it was an international event - it was the Olympics, after all. It just felt like a local event. No international feel whatsoever. :smh:
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I haven't been to any other Olympics, so I can't say what it was suppose to feel like, compared to other Olympics. All I can do is speak to what my experience was. And it was a great time in Atl.

carry on.....
 
Aye Deuce, wait we did let yall have soccer. I mean that was the least we could do for a third world state.
 



mighty hornet said:
I haven't been to any other Olympics, so I can't say what it was suppose to feel like, compared to other Olympics. All I can do is speak to what my experience was.
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Mighty Hornet,

That's all I HAVE BEEN SAYING from the start.

I haven't been to any other Olympics either, but I know how I expected an Olympics to feel. And as I said from my first post, the Olympics in Atlanta didn't feel that way.

Simple, right?

But you Atlanta people are so dayum insecure, that if someone says anything slightly negative about anything to do with Atlanta, yall get you underwear in a wad, and think its an attack on Atlanta, when it really isn't. :smh:
 
Deuce said:
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But you Atlanta people are so dayum insecure, that if someone says anything slightly negative about anything to do with Atlanta, yall get you underwear in a wad, and think its an attack on Atlanta, when it really isn't. :smh:
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ummmm Deuce,
Your thread asks "who's been to the olympics" I responded and gave my impression and experience. That it seems to differ from your impression doesn't mean I'm "so dayum insecure".

No need to take offense that I posted of my positive impression of the Centennial Olympics.
 
mighty hornet said:
No need to take offense that I posted of my positive impression of the Centennial Olympics.
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No offense taken. Your positive impression was both, appreciated and expected. :lol: After all, this is Atlanta we're talking about.

I have no problem with anyone having a different impression of anything than what I have.
But EVERYBODY ON TSPN knows that you Atlanta mugs are insecure, and hypersensitive to all things Atlanta.

That's a fact. :lol:

But its OK, man. :lol:
 
I hung out a little in the ATL for the 1996. As a few know, I am a boxing fan. So, boxing is the event that piqued my interest and what I went to see. It was interesting riding on Marta and hearing so many dialects speaking at the same time and not knowing what the hell they were saying. :lol: :emlaugh:
 
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Deuce said:
No offense taken. Your positive impression was both, appreciated and expected. :lol: After all, this is Atlanta we're talking about.

I have no problem with anyone having a different impression of anything than what I have.
But EVERYBODY ON TSPN knows that you Atlanta mugs are insecure, and hypersensitive to all things Atlanta.

That's a fact. :lol:

But its OK, man. :lol:
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So you know the nearly 5 million people that live in Metro Atlanta....Interesting :lol: :emlaugh:
 
Deuce said:
No offense taken. Your positive impression was both, appreciated and expected. :lol: After all, this is Atlanta we're talking about.
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and sadly, this being Atlanta, your knocking it is expected too.
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I have no problem with anyone having a different impression of anything than what I have.
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and again, somebody having a different impression doesn't mean they're insecure. Re read my posts, I didn't say you were wrong in your impression, I simply posted what my experience was.

Somebody can start a thread and say how they went to the MCC and it wasn't what they expected, how they didn't like it, how they don't wanna go back. So be it. But that damn shole doesn't mean I have the same impression of the MCC.
 
mighty hornet said:
and sadly, this being Atlanta, your knocking it is expected too.
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There it is, Ladies & Gentlemen . . . . the Atlanta insecurity in the flesh.

I guess if I had gone to the Los Angeles Olympics, and had the same experience, I wouldn't have made those statements huh? :smh:

Sad.



mighty hornet said:
and again, somebody having a different impression doesn't mean they're insecure.
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My statement about Atlantans being insecure was not just directed at you. It was also directed at CEE DOG on this thread in particular, and at all the other insecure Atlantans who pounce on fellow TSPN'ers when they dare say anything remotely against Atlanta. :smh:
 
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Deuce,
The Olympics in Atlanta were horrible. I hated it. They weren't what I expected. They didn't "feel" like other Olympics.


feel better now?

sheesh
 
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